Rename a cloned W2K3 Server

[Frink]

I have made a clone of a server and wish to rename it (and change its IP Address) so I can have both on my network.
The machine is an AD box with it's own domain.
Any idea how best to go about the renaming?
There is no DNS server in use as every machine has a manually assigned fixed IP Address, and uses the Hosts file to handle name/ip mapping.

I'm also not particularly expert at AD! so words of 1 syllable would be helpful, oh and I'm talking about physical machines, not VMs

- Frink

 

[58sniper]

an "AD box with it's own domain"? Do you mean it's a domain controller?

If so, you can't. They both have the same SID.

Pat Richard MVP
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[Frink]

Thanks for your reply. It is a Domain Controller with only itself in its domain.

 

[Zipster]

Hi,

I remember using a tool called NewSID a while back that seemed to work OK.

There is an article about SIDs here:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2009/11/03/3291024.aspx

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[58sniper]

You can't newsid a domain controller - especially the only domain controller in a domain.

Pat Richard MVP
Plan for performance, and capacity takes care of itself. Plan for capacity, and suffer poor performance.

http://www.ucblogs.net/blogs/exchange/